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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
SALE OF THE FRENCH CROWN
LEVELS.

The sale of the French Crown jewels, at
Paris, is attracting a good deal Of atten-
ton. Messrs. TIFFANY & Co., of New
York, have purchased nearly 100000
francis worth. These are to crafty the
tastes of aristocratic Americans. The Or
leans Princes expect TO purchase Sl,OOO,-
600 worth. These are to be kept on hand
for use, when the French scepter returns
to the House of Orleans. But they Will
will get very rusty before that time.
The sale of these jewels is the dispersion
of the last vestige of the insignia OF
French royalty. The Crown Prince
fell in battle among the savages of South
ern Africa. The line of French princes
have all been banished from their native
land, and, though, like Catalina, they
hurled back defiance as they took their
farewell of France, their power has been
ir~reparably broken, and the sceptre has
forever departed from their house. The
sale of the crown jewels closes the drama.
Henceforth the daughters of the monied
aristocrats OF two continents will wear the
Jewels that decked the French royalty.
The American young woman whose father
has suddenly become rich by striking
lie" or i~nvenring a new kind ofaxle grease
now has a new field of distinction open to
her.
And so the world goes. The bubble OF
royalty bursts and princes are brought low
and their honors 20 to others. And it is
well enough that it is so. France is get
ting along very comfortably without the
royal family, and will likely continue to
do 80. Others will wear the crown jewels
with Just as much enjoyment as the royal
family once did.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
Gnnd Kc-nlt. LnIArn ~.

d. \. BradGord. wholrNtlr yaIDr il
Of Chattanooga, Tenn write. ihgt u
seriously afflicted with a sr,,rr cold q.
settled on his lungs; had tried man, r,m.
dies without benefit. li-Inn induced
try DR.. Kings New Discovery lor 81.
sumption, did ~ and wls n'lu.Iy pD
nv use of q few bottles. Since Which Nm
hc has used il in his family Tor all Coac0
aud Colds with best rrsUIl' TIN. n "
rxpcricnc" of thousand who's lives 1.
been saved by this wonderful drsrrr
Trial bottles free at Logan = Go p.
tnra
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, is the prescription of
one of the best female nurses and physicians
in the United States, and has been used
for forty years with never failing success
by millions of mothers for their children.
During the process of teething its value is
incalcuable. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhGa, grip
ing in the bowels, and wind collie. By
giving health TO the child it rests its
mother. Price 25c a bottle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
Greatly InIts

Not n few of the citizens Of VI
have recently become greatly ,,,.lu.
the astounding facts, thar ,,,,'.. Of o..
friends who have been prnnouuoIm, g..
physicians ~ imcumhlr and'hc,unIl .h.
suffering with that durld~I r.ors
Consumption have been completely or.
by DIR. Kings New Discovery f- e..
sumption. the only remedy tia, dee .r
lively cure all throat and lung d,a-
Coughs, Colds, Asthma and EnomN
Trial bottles free at at Logan y &" sd.
store, lalgc bottles 81.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
tltlik> lgl ist..
Entertainments Something i,,.rln,
craI building and C"u,u-.

SyrIiu IH'UGH P" .' >
CIhEE~~l Ev. W. ~. MAJ.
next Monday might At Nu-r. u.r...
city. citizens "NI",t % ir,... De-.
is Miss Dillon. 81 Whr,U.. .I...
tlocuti"mlSt oi West Nugul .,,..
entertainment. She wI.l l.,..r
inimitah," negro Imp...a .i.,n.
Scotch, Italian and ll>h a...,.
render interesting aud ams..... ~
She will hm aSSl ted hy o.. tr..
Concert Company IN .nio> aul o,l,rr.
The foundation of th' i,H,lIE .
being erected nj tins civ l~ rp.rr.
plrtiou, and tn" ,dIlrr Will harI, h.
under root this fall.
Notwithstanding the r~ora'.,.r.,
about the letting oi the ,uuI..r 20.
our State court hours. and Tie n.
the commissioners IN The MATTEL ~
was IN conformity with IA, Nl-rr.
iority at our citizens, the ,uutr5.,,
already commcTri III" r>,nu...
the laying Of the foundation. w.,Ar
tention of complctingthc work u, u..
lSSS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

THE Mutual Savings Bank is now IN OPP
Grafton, and the boys and girls and work
inc people have an opportunity to lay by
their extra nickles and dimes, and receive
their share of all the profits Of banking.
Here Is u chance for everybody to become
a capitalist, even though it be on a small
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
Beware of OIntmcnts for tar that
Contain Mercury,

rs Mercury will surely destroy the sense ot
smell aud completely derauEc IN" whole system
Wheu gutJrihg Il, iUruugu the MUcyS surfaces
Surh articles should us,.s he used except on
pre>cripti0us from reputable phsSlCignS, a. the
damage they will 10 are ten fold ia the eG"d
YOU can possibly derive from them. Halls Ca
tarrh cure. manufactured by ;. }. cheney SEQ.
Toledo. o.. contains no mercury aud i taken in
trrually and acts directly upon the blood nnd
mUcu> surfaces Of the system. IN buying HALL
Csiursh trIrc De- sure that You get the genuine, II
l. taken internally and male in Toledo, OHIO.
by F. J. Cheney = 60
s5-SOld 10y Druggists. price T5c. per bottle.
Laughliu Bros Drug Comps,,y. Agents for
Wheeling. W. Va.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

great deal of his time hunting, fishing and
travelling. His oldest son helps him torun
his paper, and the two do all the literary
work that it requires. Mr.. Peek is warm
hearted, q good friend, a diStressingly poor
enemy, is open handed and charitable, and
is wonderfully popular with all classes.
lie has never been afflicted with a big
head. and the old printers and friends of
the DAYS of his adversely can reach him us
easily and strike him for n favor as readily
rs when he was ION the turf " with them.
GEO. II. GENOwINE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

drifting about n year or two, Peck enlisted
as a private and saw hard service as a sol
dief. He was mustered out as a second
lieutenant. In 1866 ne landed at Bipon,
Wis, and started q paper, which he ran
for two years. About this time Mr.. Peck
did mis- first humorous work. When Grant
WAS first elected and was giving offices to
all of his relatives, Peck wrote a series
of letters, which purpGrted 20 come from
an old Irishman named Torrance McGrant,
who claimed that he was a cousin OF U.
S., and who demanded official reccgnl-
ton. These letters were copied far and
wide and attracted considerable attention.
Brick Pomeroy was then in the heyday OF
his popularity and was printing his paper
in New York. He discovered who the
author was and induced him to come to
New York, where he worked on the papers
for three years. POmtrOy finally failed
and Peck once more returned to WlscOn-
sin. His family bad been sick IN New
York, he had spent the little money he
had and was mead over heels in debt.
After PomerOy r~eOrganized his paper at
La Crosse, Peck edited it again for a year,
or two. After two or three unsuccessful
ventures III the newspaper u itcH ) gu"
was started at La Crosse. II ran for o
years, never realizing 4 larger circulation
than 400 or 500 copies. Nine years ago
the paper was moved to Milwaukee,. In
the course of three or -four years its circn-
lation was worked up to several thousand:
At first, and for 4 long time, Peck did all
the work-sold his paper to the newsbcys,
kept his own books, canvasSed for adyer-
Using and did his own collecting. Things
ran along in this sort of way until the phe-
nomenal bad boy put in an appearance
-
The former country printer, pubii'her
and crossroads humOrist is now surrounded
by all of the luXuries that money can pro
cure. His palatial residence is luXuriously
furnished, and its owner whites away a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
Her Philosophy.

4 woman who was house-hunting last
week informed her husband at supper time
that she had secured q house on 4 certain
street, which she named.
Hin ~ began tue man, "'rseems tine
it's 4 long way out. don't like Z local
by"
~"LOcality's nothin'," saidbis wife, de-
cidcdly most every place is 4 good ways
from somewhere"
Which bit Of female philosophy is worth
remembering.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

We ought not to he too anxious to en-
courage untried innovations, in cases Of
doubtful improvement. For a quarter Of
4 CENTURY DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy has
been before the public and passed through
the severest test, and is pronounced the
most reliable remedy for that disagreeable
malady. Thousands of testimonials of its
virtue. 30 cents a bottle. By druggists.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
MILWAUKEE MATTERS
THE HOMO THEFATHER OF "PECK'S BAD
BOY"
A City With a Reputation for Beautiful Residences
and Liquid Extract of HopS-A Hamorlst
Whose Sun Shines for the
Million.
Srsc,al Corresoondalcc.

Special C0TrCspOndencc.
MINIATURES, May 13.-Milwaukee has
considerable reputation as a'city of beauti-
ful residences. Prospective avenue is n
broad, finely paved street, running for a
mile or more parallel with the shores Of
Lake Michigan, and it is literally lined
with magnificent residences. Along this
beautiful drive many of the money kings
of this city reside. The houses on the east
side of this avenue are for the most part
surrounded by well kept and tastefully laid
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

out lawns that
extend from the
curb to the deep
ly blue waters of
the ever muir
lake.
of the most
conspicuous of
these residences
is that of George
w. Peck, the hu-
morist, ne editor
OF Peck's Sun and
the inventor of
{ha hhnl howl
literature over
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

THE news that the Wheeling nine have
been downed again is becoming weariSome.
We will expect them TO redeem their rec
ord next week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

ABOUT $500, 600, OOOo $500, 100000 Is to
be expended in railroad building this year.
The Interstate Commerce law doesn't
seem to I've running the country very fast.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

SoNE naturalist has discovered that the
American scrcech owl isa deadly foe to
the English sparrow and advises those who
would rid themselves of these foreign pests
10 stock their groves with screech owls.
1t will he r~ecoIIected that the sparrow was
imported to rid the country Of the meas
uring worm that infested and measured
the groves and orchards and had Il pen
chant for rolling himself up in q knot and
dropping down the hack Of the unSuspect-
ing citizen. The measuring worm still
lives. So does the sparrow. All that Is
now needed to make life worth living is the
scTeeCh owl.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
Il II Nns Cnne To.

row, Jessie
Thanks. l shall he delighted to have
you come, Ella
AND ! shall bring FidO with me-"
"Oh! please do not
Mo- Why uot?"
Rover is not receiving at present. He
is in mourning for a brother VINO was run
over by a South Boston car. Poor little
fellow! 1t wrings my heart to have him
going around with . Grape bow around
bis neck. Eut the rules of polite society
must he observed, my dear Boston
Courier.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

How vain the loving darts that hy
From cen the most bewitching eye,
Unless the teeth are pure and bright
And ever kept a snowy white.
If you would save your teeth from harm,
In SOZODONT you'll find the charm.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

JOIN RUSEIN is not \ friend to the o'cy-
Gle. lie says: ''To walk, TO run, to leap
and to dance are the virtues Of the human
body. and neither to stride on stills, wrig-
ole on wheels OF dangle on ropes, ami
nothing in the training ofthe human mind
with the body will ever supcrsede the ap-
pointed Gods way Of slow walking II
hard working
JOINS opinion may be perfectly Sound.
But he might rs well try 10 make the Mis-
sissippi run up hill rs to buck against the
bicycle. He had better get one himself.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

PHILOSOPHY OF WESTERN ROOMS.
The Chicago JouJual gives these very in
teresting points about the philosophy of
western bOoms: These sudden and absurd
mutations are collapsjng - suddenly as
they were wiud-illed. In other words, the
bubbles have burst, or are bursting, lcay-
ing mauy unfortunate among the killed
and wounded. 1t turns out that these
s'booms" nave been the work OF IN organ
ized conspiracy Of sharpers, who have made
ii = bnsiuesS-a sort Of cOniidcuCe-glme-
to 90 irom town to town and get mp a
boom Securing possession OF some
arrcS and lots rs a starter, they have gone
deliberately To work to excite the people Of
the towns and the country roundabout
with big notions OF the future greatness
thereof. and by n systematic process Of
booming have stimulated thS local
property owners and those SpeCulatIvciy
inclined into an insane Juror Of cN.
pectation OF Sudden and vast wealth. The
thing worked to q charm The sharp
couSpjrators operated wildly Tor a time
add out when the excitement was ut its
Reisht-and then, Is We have sail, the
bubble bUrst, leaving the fooled portion Of
the community IN the dumps. TheSharp-
es 9nd a few local AcIl-Outs were the only
ones who made money outoI The operation,
aud in Some instances they HTtdv Lots Of
1t. These co~nSliatorS and confidence oP-
orators have thus nv confined themselves
to the more speculative and ambitious
towns m the West n dSou;h. Encouraged
by their success, they may undertake Ia
extend their booming business this9ide OF
she frontier lines. Being ]lorewarned, com
munitieS in which the game shall he I'M
dertaGen in the future should be iOrearmcd.
If fanny Of them should be victimized, they
will be led to the slaughter with their eyes
Open."
Western mining stock used to he the
E~ayOrite means that spectators used to
take in the public. Great bogus mining
companies were organized. big stories were
invented and published abOut the richness
OF the minerals to be found, an excitement
was created and the worthless stock was
nnloaded upon the unwary at q good price
and the sharpers skipped to some other
region TO work their game. This game
seems to have been transferred to real
estate speculation. Lands are purchased
IN the vicinity of some growing town, and
laid out in lots. 4 boom is worked up
till the prices OF real estate are three times
the value. The real estate men unload
their property and the unfortunate pur-
chasers soon find that they can not sell
their property for One-third what they
paid for it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
The Rest IssstoTCr.

DIR. T. c. Smith, Charlotte, n. c., says:
at is an invaluable nerve tonic, and the
best restOrer when the energies flag, and
spirits droOp."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
LITERARY MOTIFS

TicknOr & Co, of Boston. .,
weekly a series of popular rad
cludes u number OF The 'ao>, IT.
successful novels of the rl.- ls II
books like GHo'a, Tka N'or, nr, an
Torn. 4 NGmdcva NoLi.mr ,,5
o. Margaret Hcrl. ami rgar.. a.. ~
and merit; and with ,ar..
new works, like DE N..f.-, 8
C7,isc cfG Homm-Noh art a. ,
fascinating Nrurline ur,rI. p. E.
tao Musician. by Vn.ia.! y
whose NcpiHH.'' Io@ WEE -.
= few years a 90. The s.r,, I'm ,
iEciudc thirteen yoiums
each week during Nav. .3rn.
The retail price Is tltv rra;. r,,I
a remarkably low priyr .rl So.
~ printed ard maG,-up ,.,-...
The initial ruGbrr OF H.. So, l.
famous and widely ,yprov.t p
Story of Margaret Kent H.. j.
success OF tits book i >ha,at.
tha; within les than tMos,.- .,'. .s
through ten editions. l. = -..
love story, hut also - >,!,,. . r'
studies worthy Of Thsrk,gw
thrilling with rctl HE AMI l,.,
and depicting with m~ar,,f.ue,
trials ot - youug. ~luauti.u'. ant :. .
woman.
The May numh,r vi o.. a..
the last lat one that wi. h....r..
Rochester, Ny, hclorr .,.:r.....,
York city. opens with q ,rr,...
tercSiiug dialect story. ,rrr'.,r 81.
Boss" 10y Mary Rose r.cyi
the second and last p.rt ,. TIA.
and powerful story lay c Van \....,
titled The Baron " ,.u.I>r.,r,.
Man Evening l. = hnlu,...r lei.
hy Gcgol, The great Ru-~rr. ,r,
third at l.mi!r IuiiHId's ,....,,
valuable articles on "ll,
Crescent" is cv"G mrIrlran,..
predecessors.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

AHArpY marriage is 4 new beginning
Of life, a new starting point for happiness
i,ll usefulness Drdm Niu1L.y.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

Mr.. Peck was born in Henderson, JEFF
terson county, y. Y, and is II years of
age. He came west with his parents when
a small hoy, and his early life was spent in
and about Whitewater, Wis. When l3
years of age he was given the responsible
position Of devil and hell box custodian
in a country newspaper Office. He
became a printer and worked at the
case several years. In 1850 he made
his first newspaper venture by purchasing
an interest in The jefferson County Repub-
HedR. The venture didn't pay, aud, after
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

The writer was not the only one who
rcapod Il harvest from the bad boy stories.
The first book set mp the owners in bust
ness and made them rich. IL came about
i'm this wav At that time Mr.. Peck'S
opinion ct books was not very high. He
published Il humorous book when he was
one of the editors OF Pomeroy's old Demo-
rrdi in New York. ami il was a dead and
miserable failure. After the sketches had
been running in reck'S paper trw months
a Chicago publisher asked Mr.. Peck what
he would take for the right 10 publish the
series in book form. The paper was in
the throvs of a boom; Peck remembered
his first hook. aud he didn't banker for 4
repetition of that experience. So when
the pGhljSher told him to scissor out the
articles, and he would give him $ l,5OO for
them, Peck was only too glad to close the
bargain. He saw his mistake, however,
rs soon rs the book appeared. The small
est kial of a ROYALTY on his book alone
woald have ne;ted him n cool $50, 900.
Since that time III. FerE has retained an
interest in all of his books.
During this periOn the paper WAS bring
in an al revenue. 4 dozen theatre
cal companies were playing an adaptation
of the bad boy in the theatres and the mu-
,erms, and the royalties from this source
we're yery great. Mr.. Peck IS a shrewd
business nan. lie iavasted his money
wisely, and the POOR struggling GOgntry
newspaper man OF n few years ago is now
now one of the nahobs Of the city and
state.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15
ME LNnOR ~sTrVATION.

The labor situation is again beginning
TO assume an aspect not at all favorable.
The ~hod-carriers strike in Chicago Will
cause the master-buildcrs of that city to
suspend work. This will throw 10000
men ont of work, at II stroke. Dealers
in building materials are pledged to stand
by the maSter-builderS in the movement,
and will refuse to sell to any class OF men
who refuse to accedc to the movement. \
lockout beginning like this will probably
last several mouths, and will press with
great rigor upon many thousands OF men
who can in afford it.
She strike in the Counellsville coke re-
ZION. though NOT backed by the Knights ct
Labor. may yet he Of long continuance.
Throughout the anthracite coal region
there is great discomfort among miners.
An advance OF ten percent in wages has
been asked. But the operators say they
cannot pay it and will close the mines first
Il claimed that there is already enough
coal ON hand 10 supply the market for sew
erai months and that a strike will allow
the companies to dispose Of This surplus,
and he benefited rather than injured by
stopning work. This being true, all the
disadvantages and losseso the strike would
fall upon the miners.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
RATES oE ADVERTISING.
ADowN THE STREAM.

The sunbeams gid the purple stream,
The bubbles float upon its breast;
The landscape in a peaceful dream
Seems sleeping in a soothing rest.
The tall, gaunt pines adorn the cliff,
Appearing like a fortress brown,
While she and in glsdness drift
Beyond the noises Of the town.
Fair clouds Of beauty slowly float
Above us like a snowy shroud,
And hide in shade our little boat,
As tears are hidden from a crowd.
The shores grow DINNER to the sight,
The woodlands wear their plumes unfurled
And silent shadows Of the night
Descend upon a restless world.
IT'S then We whisper. soft and low,
The sacred love-words from the heart;
The joys and pleasures we would know
Together in the halls Of art.
'Tis then that gladness steals around
Upon us while the star-gems CLEAN,
lis then, when Love is shadow-crowned,
We drift adown the purple stream.
Il Carleton Tripp, in the Current.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
Seeming Intoxicatinn-

In no class of people does hereditv do
a more disastrous work than in the de-
scendants of drinkers, whether excessive
or moderate. A morbid appetite for
llquor IN such cases, with the disadvan-
tage OF an inherited nerve degeneration
may manifest itself in MANY terrible
forms. Among these many forms are
the ordinary symptoms of intoxication in
person perfectly temperate. DR.. Croth-
ers, OF Hartford, Conn, presents MANY
such cases IN a paper read before the
American Association for the Cure of
lnebrlates, and published in the .4lieatst
dHd AeurOl0gist. The first cases that at
tracted his attention were two bows. sons
OIL drunkards, In the Hartford Deaf and
Dumo Asylum, who had shown clear
Signs OF lntoXlcation from their birth
lie was atterward surprised to find such
cases not uncommon. In some persons
the symptoms are present all the time.
elther appearing at birth, or slowly de-
veloplng with the growth of the child.
Most OF such cases show other marked
indications of physical degeneration-as
ldlocy, lmbecllity, or bodily deformitv.
In a second class Of cases, almost any
excitement is sufficient TO bring on an
attack. This class may include persons
OF average intellect and even of genius
In them the neurotic (nervel degenera-
uon may, at later date, end in imbecility
or insanity. A farmer, ifty-four wears
old, man of wealth and Character
whose father was a drunkard, but who
himself never used any kind Of spirits
showed symptoms of intoxication after
meeting with an accident from a run
away horse. At the funeral of a child
some months later, his family were
greatly mortified at his silly language,
staggering gait. and other marked symp- .
toms Of intoXication. year later a
similar attack followed the burning of
some buildings on his farm.
There are similar cases in which the
nerve degeneration is due, not to heredity.
but 10 early habits of intoxication. A
noted temperance egturer, a total alb
'talner for ten years or more, received
while lecturing despatch announcing
he fatal illness Of his daughter. He
frank glass Of water, became confused.
taggered, and was led from the stage
aughing ana shouting in maudliu way.
lie had drank no spirits, but the au-
llence supposed him intoxicated
Youths Companion.